Alphonsus Liguori Quotes


It is almost certain that excess in eating is the cause of almost all the diseases of the body, but its effects on the soul are even more disastrous.


Citations

Liguori, Alphonsus. The True Spouse of Jesus Christ. Translated by Eugene Grimm, Redemptorist Fathers, 1929.

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Alphonsus Liguori
Alphonsus Liguori
  • Born: September 27, 1696
  • Died: August 1, 1787
  • Nationality: Italian
  • Profession: Clergyman

Alphonsus Liguori CSsR (1696–1787), sometimes called Alphonsus Maria de Liguori or Saint Alphonsus Liguori, was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian.